An Amazing Alpaca Day

I’m really happy to say I’ve had a handful of “best days in a long time” days lately, amidst a sea of low days, and yesterday was actually a day that’s been in the works for a while.

If you didn’t know, I have this (weird, I know) thing with llamas and alpacas. After my birthday at Foxwoods, we were going to stop at an alpaca farm on the way back, but we got stuck in a snowstorm, because February birthdays really ruin everything.

My buddy Blake and I were both having A Week, so she decided that we should take some ridiculous adventure outside of the city. “Like…alpacas???” I asked. “Nah, it’s ok, that’s my brand of weird.”

LUCKILY SHE WAS TOTALLY DOWN FOR IT, so off to the alpacas we went!

NYC friends: there’s actually an alpaca farm just in Westchester (!!!) called Faraway Farms. Which is not actually that far away. Blake is an angel and drove, and it took ~about~ an hour, but you can also take the Metro North to Croton-Harmon and take a ~$25 taxi to the happiest place in the world.

You would not believe how happy I was when we pulled up. 

This gets close, though. Happy, crazy, whatevs.

Oh hey buddy.

Leda, the owner, explained to us that they don’t like to be petted (wah), but that they weren’t aggressive, so we could get as close as we wanted..and they’d let us know if they weren’t into it.

ALPACA KISSES.

SO SO HAPPY. Just me and some alpacas in a field, NBD.

After an amazing hour at this idyllic little oasis in…Westchester? we went farm hopping and found ourselves at Wilkens Fruit & Fir Farm. Unfortunately, it was just before it was closing and the lines for everything were insane.

Except the corn maze!! 

After, we found dinner at Little Sorrento, a lovely little Italian place recommended by the sweet high schoolers working the corn maze. 

AND THEN TARGET.

When in the ‘burbs, right?

My mom decorated for every holiday. Honestly, I never decorated for much beyond Christmas, but I’m trying to do this in my mom’s honor, so I bought a bunch of Halloween stuff.

I’m really loving Target’s Dia de Los Muertes line and got these lights and some other stuff I can’t find online but was in their Dollar Spot.

MORE IMPORTANTLY

I got llama stuff!!!!

Just before getting to Target, I actually got a message from someone on IG alerting me to the llama selection!

 

I got this print for my bathroom. (It may technically be kids’ but…so are most of my other prints so whatevs.)

Also, looks like I’m dressing up for Halloween this year….

ALSO, llama salt and pepper shakers.

My wallet is certainly glad I don’t live that near a Target IRL.

Fave random animal? Fave Target purchase as of late?